In the face of the media's frenzied boasting about the YouTube team, although the three founders remained silent and did not give interviews. But compared to usual, there is obviously some expansion.

Zhou Shi, who is actually in his thirties, is much calmer than them, and still maintains his attitude towards the YouTube staff as always. But the attitude of YouTube's employees towards Zhou Shi has obviously changed subtly. A person's wealth represents his status, not to mention the excellent qualities that a person shows when he is down, if there is no suitable opportunity, everyone will not care, and may be accustomed to it, as a matter of course, but once the person succeeds and becomes famous, the role played by these excellent qualities will be magnified. The contrast between Zhou Shi's approachability and the swelling of the three founders is stark.

"Simon, if we don't sell, Microsoft and Google are willing to pay such a big price, which shows that our company has a lot of potential. Maybe if we keep trying, we can become the next giant. "Haoley

"You mean you want us to go back on our word?" Zhou Shi said disapprovingly

"How can this be calculated, the oil pipe did not reach any agreement with them. "Cheng Shijun

Zhou Shi looked at a few people in amazement, turned her head to look at Shirley, she also showed an apologetic expression, how could there be such a naïve person? The offer has been out for several rounds, and now it is refused, isn't this playing with others? How much hatred this has to be!

"Do you really want to continue to operate?" Zhou Shi still couldn't believe it, he only thought about stopping at this time, and when the time came, I don't know how many people sprayed them, and it was possible that more people would praise them as heroes and be able to refuse the temptation of giants. But, but ......

"We have this idea, but we want to hear your opinion. "Haoley

"What do you think are the reasons why Microsoft and Google acquired YouTube?" said Zhou

"There will be the next giant in the video industry, and they will pay to buy the future!" Cheng Shijun

"What you're saying is typical media statement, Google wants to buy us because maybe 50 percent of the search demand is video-related right now, and most of our traffic comes from Google, and if we are acquired by Microsoft, Microsoft can use this part of the demand and force this part of the traffic to their own search sites. That would probably go from zero to 20 percent of their market share overnight. "Zhou Shi

The three of them listened and calmed down, probably thinking that they were thinking simply.

"In addition, there is a big bubble in the stock market now, and they all choose to buy shares instead of cash, which means that they are not optimistic about the current value of stocks, and the actual price is likely not so much. In addition, both companies have a lot of idle infrastructure resources, such as bandwidth and storage, and we need to invest millions of dollars in hardware every month, and the monthly expenditure may reach tens of millions in the future, but these cost investments may be infinitely close to zero for them. ”

Zhou Shi's words finally hit them, and the monthly hardware investment is real, and it will not decrease with time at all. Do they really have the ability to persist until they make a profit? The three of them were ruthlessly suppressed by Zhou Shi as soon as their hearts were activated. There may be fortuitous factors in a company's success, but these are never the decisive factors. In the previous life, YouTube developed very well under Google, which does not mean that after YouTube operates independently, it will also have good development. In both cases, the resources available to the pipeline are not the same. Microsoft and Google's pursuit of YouTube is more about the uncertainty of the unknown, not knowing what the laws of this industry are, investing the same amount of money, whether it can have the same scale or play the same role. Under the influence of uncertainty, acquisitions are arguably the best option.

The development of several major video websites in China also proves this, without strong financial support, video websites want to develop and grow, it is basically a dream.

This acquisition has dragged on for so long, and it has already had a bad impact on the company. Although it cannot be said that people are panicking, the signs of instability are obvious. Or find something for them to do and attract their attention.

In the next period of time, Zhou Shi often held morning meetings to talk to them about the company's future development, their goals, and their ideals. Regardless of who buys the company, in the short term, it is still their group of founders who are in charge. All kinds of boring words to stabilize everyone's uneasy mood. Then start planning a YouTube membership value-added project, or acquire the copyright of film and television variety shows, or cooperate with the copyright owner to share membership and advertising revenue. It is also necessary to open a corporate homepage to provide more advertising services for enterprises, etc. It doesn't have to be implemented, and the acquisition may have already been completed before the results are discussed. This also allows those who want to change jobs to wait for the results with peace of mind.

Zhou Shi also lived a simple life, and too many people wanted to contact Zhou Shi for interviews every day, even if Zhou Shi issued a notice that he would not be interviewed until the results of the acquisition were available. There are still people who are constantly looking for every opportunity to meet Zhou Shi, and they really met tabloid reporters in the company's bathroom to chase after the interview, Zhou Shi also experienced the treatment of a star, and then strengthened the company's security measures. In addition to these, Zhou Shi was also harassed by another one, his account with UBS Warburg has made many large-scale profits in a row, which has already received their attention, and now the ABC report, coupled with the spread of the Internet, Zhou Shi's name has spread all over the world, especially in the Asia-Pacific and Greater China regions. Unwilling to let Zhou Shi and UBS (UBS) only cooperate with securities and futures investment channels, they want to have more and more in-depth cooperation. This time, he was approached by UBS's private banking division.

Needless to say, Zhou Shi seems to have very little demand for them, and most of the things can be handled in his own company, whether it is investment or financial management!

"UBS's services can meet almost any of your legitimate requirements!" Although Zhou Shi was obviously a little impatient, the person on the other side was still chattering.

"Well, I have a request, you can help me acquire a small company, and if I am satisfied, we can continue to talk about private banking. "Zhou Shi

"Okay, no problem. This is also a surprise for this person from UBS, even if Zhou Shi can't become his customer in the end, he will have a lot of gains from this acquisition.

"I'm going to buy Trolltech in Norway," Zhou Shi said slowly. Zhou Shi, who has abundant funds, also wants to provide more help for the research and development of the Android system, but unfortunately he does not have any power in Europe, and there is still a lot of trouble in acquiring a small company of this size.

Thank you for the monthly pass!

(End of chapter)